December 2008
22 posts
Phillip Pullman: About the Writing →
Do something new every three years →
Cliff: you're going to go out of style i think
“About those who have judged for her being spoiled, she says, “I think that...”
– Ivanka Trump: Ace of Diamonds
What is the name of your Wi-Fi network? →
Melissa: it's fucking cold in austin
Cliff: it's fucking cold in seattle too
Cliff: did you bring cold clothes?
Melissa: did you mean warm clothes?
“This is the advisor paradox: hire advisors for good advice but don’t follow it,...”
– Everything you ever wanted to know about advisors
The basic premise of all employee referral programs is that “the very best” know other top individuals. They get to know them because top performers learn from and compare themselves to other top performers.
Referrals: A Powerful but Missing Element of College Recruiting
Nerdery →
Ashley: i know i showed remmy your blog to try to get him to understand
Ashley: it was like trying to teach a cat to sit
Rands: i think you have n hobbies
Rands: where n is approaching infinity
“Conversations with friends are broken up by you jotting notes to yourself....”
– 10 Signs You’re a Productivity Junkie (via crunchyjew)
“What is a journey?
A journey is not a trip.
It’s not a vacation.
...”
– Where will life take you?
“We are the Land of the Free and the Brave and seem to care nothing that the...”
– Sean D Carasso
But here’s where the Congo story gets really disturbing. The boys captured by NKunda who are not big enough to hold a gun are given a whistle and put on the front lines of each battle. Their sole duty is to make enough noise to scare the enemy and then to receive – with their bodies - the first round of bullets. Lines of boys fall as nothing more than a temporary barricade. Those who try to flee...
I wanted to change the world
When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world. I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation. When I found I couldn’t change the nation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn’t change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family.
Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself, and suddenly I realize that if long...
Cool is cold
Me: Remind me not to leave the office without my jacket now that it's winter in San Francisco
Tim: Well, d'ya want my jacket?
Me: Nah, I'm cool.
Tim: I *know* you're cool, that's why I'm offering you my jacket!
“Not because I’d been magically touched with mythical creativity and skill, but...”
– Photography, and the Tolerance for Courageous Sucking
In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. But there are...